Talisman Red's Womens College Soccer Computer Ratings
David Rothman/FACT Rankings
David Rothman (1935-2004) was a pioneer in the sports ratings world, with his rating system being recognized by the NCAA from 1968-2006 as a national championship selector in college football. Here, I use his original system (and nearly original code) to provide an alternative rating. More details at the bottom of the page.
If you'd prefer, you can save the original text file. Don't forget about the full ratings list, either.
David's method considers only scores. Game locations, dates, and any other information is not included.
Warning: since David's method starts every team from scratch, it usually takes 6-7 games in a season for the results to "converge" to something useful.
< DAVID ROTHMAN'S WOMENS SOCCER RANKINGS >
BASED ON 2106 GAMES BETWEEN 350 TEAMS AND NO OTHER INFORMATION
THROUGH GAMES OF WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 08 2025
Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions and Tournaments
Within each conference, teams are listed in order of
their overall rating using Rothman's FACT formula. All
conferences are sorted and listed at the end.
BIG10
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 14 UCLA 4 1 1 8 3 1 60.74
2 16 Michigan St. 3 0 3 6 2 5 60.65
3 20 Iowa 3 1 2 8 2 3 60.27
4 22 Penn St. 3 2 1 7 4 2 59.88
5 28 Ohio St. 1 0 5 4 1 6 59.00
6 29 Wisconsin 3 2 1 9 3 1 58.75
7 33 Washington 4 0 2 7 1 5 58.41
8 36 Illinois 3 2 1 10 2 1 58.15
9 37 Southern California 4 2 0 7 3 1 58.14
10 40 Northwestern 1 1 4 5 2 6 57.69
11 57 Nebraska 0 3 3 5 3 5 55.14
12 64 Michigan 2 2 2 5 6 2 54.77
13 81 Minnesota 1 4 1 5 6 1 53.57
14 83 Rutgers 1 4 1 3 4 4 53.55
15 122 Maryland 2 4 0 6 7 0 51.41
16 124 Indiana 0 2 4 3 4 5 51.30
17 146 Purdue 2 3 1 5 6 3 50.23
18 169 Oregon 0 4 2 2 8 3 49.33
A10
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 47 Saint Louis 5 0 0 10 2 1 56.18
2 51 Dayton 5 0 0 8 3 2 55.57
3 94 Loyola Chicago 2 2 1 7 3 3 53.11
4 98 Duquesne 4 1 0 9 3 1 52.71
5 126 Rhode Island 3 1 1 9 3 1 51.27
6 155 Fordham 2 2 1 7 4 2 49.85
7 161 Davidson 2 2 1 6 4 2 49.66
8 167 La Salle 2 2 1 5 5 2 49.41
9 198 VCU 2 3 0 4 8 2 47.95
10 220 George Mason 3 2 0 4 6 2 46.85
11 248 George Washington 1 4 0 4 6 3 45.51
12 254 Richmond 0 4 1 3 6 4 45.16
13 271 Saint Joseph's 1 4 0 4 7 1 44.45
14 312 St. Bonaventure 0 5 0 2 8 2 40.48
ACC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 1 Notre Dame 5 0 0 10 0 1 67.05
2 2 Virginia 4 0 0 10 0 1 66.58
3 4 Stanford 3 0 1 9 1 1 63.64
4 5 Florida St. 4 0 1 8 0 2 63.28
5 9 Duke 2 3 0 7 3 1 61.90
6 15 Louisville 3 2 0 10 3 0 60.67
7 21 North Carolina 3 2 0 9 4 0 60.27
8 26 Wake Forest 4 1 1 9 2 2 59.39
9 41 Clemson 1 4 2 4 4 5 57.49
10 44 California 2 1 2 6 2 6 56.46
11 69 SMU 2 2 2 8 3 2 54.38
12 73 Miami (FL) 0 4 1 6 5 2 54.05
13 77 Virginia Tech 1 4 1 4 6 3 53.89
14 85 Pittsburgh 1 5 0 5 7 2 53.50
15 99 NC State 2 1 2 3 6 4 52.59
16 118 Boston College 0 3 2 4 4 5 51.71
17 136 Syracuse 0 5 1 4 6 4 50.68
AMEAST
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 115 Binghamton 3 0 1 8 1 3 51.95
2 217 NJIT 0 1 3 5 3 5 46.98
3 241 UMass Lowell 1 1 1 3 4 3 45.79
4 245 Bryant 1 1 2 3 3 5 45.55
5 263 Maine 1 1 1 2 5 2 44.68
6 265 Vermont 2 0 1 4 4 4 44.63
7 267 UMBC 1 3 0 5 6 3 44.56
8 274 New Hampshire 1 1 1 2 4 4 44.14
9 315 UAlbany 1 3 0 2 8 2 40.24
AMER
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 10 Memphis 4 0 1 9 0 2 61.75
2 62 Charlotte 2 1 1 6 4 1 54.90
3 68 Rice 2 1 2 8 2 2 54.50
4 80 UTSA 2 0 3 5 2 5 53.58
5 96 UAB 0 1 3 3 3 6 52.76
6 108 South Fla. 2 1 1 6 5 1 52.11
7 139 East Carolina 2 1 1 4 4 3 50.52
8 149 Tulsa 1 2 2 5 4 4 50.03
9 174 Fla. Atlantic 1 2 2 4 7 3 49.15
10 233 North Texas 1 3 0 5 8 1 46.03
11 284 American 0 0 0 2 7 3 43.34
12 335 Temple 0 5 0 2 11 0 38.00
ASUN
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 88 Lipscomb 5 0 0 9 3 1 53.33
2 90 Eastern Ky. 3 1 1 8 2 3 53.27
3 144 FGCU 4 1 0 6 4 1 50.29
4 157 Bellarmine 2 3 0 6 3 2 49.76
5 193 Jacksonville 4 1 0 6 4 1 48.17
6 202 North Ala. 2 2 1 6 4 3 47.62
7 226 North Florida 3 2 0 5 7 1 46.54
8 247 Central Ark. 1 3 1 4 7 1 45.51
9 294 Queens (NC) 2 3 0 3 7 3 42.60
10 306 Austin Peay 0 4 1 0 9 4 41.19
11 310 Stetson 1 4 0 4 10 0 40.86
12 331 West Ga. 1 4 0 3 11 0 38.73
BIG12
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 6 Baylor 4 1 0 9 1 2 62.59
2 7 TCU 4 1 0 10 2 0 62.49
3 11 Texas Tech 4 0 1 10 1 1 61.56
4 13 West Virginia 3 0 2 8 2 2 61.09
5 17 Colorado 3 1 1 9 2 2 60.56
6 24 Kansas 2 3 0 8 3 2 59.73
7 25 BYU 2 2 1 7 3 2 59.57
8 27 UCF 2 1 2 8 2 2 59.33
9 32 Arizona St. 2 2 1 9 2 2 58.48
10 50 Utah 1 2 2 5 4 3 55.83
11 55 Kansas St. 0 3 2 5 4 3 55.22
12 58 Arizona 2 3 0 7 6 0 55.12
13 61 Houston 1 2 2 5 2 4 54.92
14 75 Iowa St. 1 4 0 4 5 2 53.93
15 106 Oklahoma St. 0 4 1 4 7 2 52.29
16 114 Cincinnati 1 3 1 3 5 5 51.95
BIGEAST
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 19 Georgetown 5 0 0 9 2 2 60.45
2 31 Xavier 4 0 1 9 2 2 58.59
3 52 UConn 3 1 1 7 3 2 55.43
4 101 Creighton 1 3 1 4 7 2 52.51
5 107 Marquette 2 0 2 5 3 3 52.13
6 127 Butler 1 2 2 4 3 5 51.06
7 132 Villanova 2 2 0 6 5 0 50.84
8 171 Providence 1 2 1 4 4 2 49.27
9 227 DePaul 0 3 1 3 8 1 46.45
10 231 St. John's (NY) 0 3 2 2 6 4 46.16
11 239 Seton Hall 0 3 1 3 4 5 45.87
BIGSKY
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 102 Montana 1 1 2 6 3 3 52.51
2 105 Weber St. 2 1 0 8 5 0 52.38
3 170 Northern Ariz. 1 1 1 3 3 5 49.27
4 177 Idaho 1 1 2 4 4 6 48.87
5 186 Idaho St. 1 1 1 4 4 3 48.65
6 194 Sacramento St. 2 1 1 6 7 1 48.14
7 201 Eastern Wash. 1 2 1 4 5 4 47.64
8 238 Northern Colo. 1 2 0 2 8 4 45.91
9 252 Portland St. 1 1 0 1 6 2 45.24
BIGSTH
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 208 Radford 3 0 0 4 3 1 47.26
2 212 USC Upstate 3 1 0 6 5 1 47.14
3 249 Longwood 3 1 0 6 5 2 45.44
4 287 Charleston So. 2 1 1 4 4 4 43.08
5 290 UNC Asheville 1 1 1 4 5 2 42.84
6 317 High Point 0 2 1 0 8 3 40.21
7 329 Winthrop 0 3 1 1 6 4 38.83
8 334 Presbyterian 0 3 1 3 7 2 38.11
9 337 Gardner-Webb 1 1 1 2 7 2 37.62
BIGWEST
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 34 Cal St. Fullerton 3 0 1 10 0 2 58.38
2 66 UC Santa Barbara 2 0 2 9 2 3 54.68
3 91 UC Irvine 3 1 1 6 3 5 53.19
4 93 Cal Poly 2 1 1 4 1 8 53.14
5 135 Long Beach St. 1 0 2 3 4 3 50.81
6 158 CSU Bakersfield 1 2 1 4 6 2 49.75
7 165 Hawaii 0 1 3 2 4 7 49.60
8 173 CSUN 2 0 2 4 6 3 49.18
9 181 UC San Diego 0 2 1 2 5 5 48.79
10 187 UC Davis 0 3 1 2 7 4 48.59
11 303 UC Riverside 0 4 1 0 11 2 41.72
CAA
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 104 UNCW 4 0 1 8 3 2 52.39
2 116 Stony Brook 4 1 0 8 3 1 51.92
3 125 Monmouth 3 2 0 8 4 1 51.30
4 164 Hofstra 1 1 3 4 2 7 49.62
5 166 Elon 1 2 2 7 2 4 49.52
6 175 Col. of Charleston 3 2 0 7 5 1 49.09
7 182 William & Mary 2 1 2 4 5 4 48.74
8 221 Campbell 2 2 1 4 5 3 46.60
9 222 Towson 1 1 3 3 3 6 46.60
10 264 Northeastern 0 3 2 1 6 5 44.68
11 268 Drexel 1 2 2 2 4 7 44.55
12 343 Hampton 0 5 0 2 8 1 35.49
CUSA
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 49 Liberty 2 0 2 7 3 4 55.91
2 92 FIU 2 1 0 5 3 3 53.15
3 110 Delaware 1 1 2 8 1 4 52.06
4 150 Missouri St. 1 0 2 4 5 3 50.03
5 151 Kennesaw State 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.00
6 180 Middle Tenn. 2 1 1 7 4 3 48.81
7 213 Sam Houston 2 1 1 5 4 2 47.09
8 216 New Mexico St. 0 1 3 1 10 3 47.02
9 223 Western Ky. 2 0 1 3 4 2 46.58
10 224 Jacksonville St. 0 3 1 6 5 3 46.56
11 244 UTEP 0 2 1 3 7 2 45.59
12 295 Louisiana Tech 1 3 0 2 11 1 42.48
HORZ
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 95 Milwaukee 5 0 0 8 4 1 52.84
2 185 Northern Ky. 4 1 0 6 2 4 48.68
3 257 Wright St. 3 0 2 6 5 2 44.95
4 281 Youngstown St. 2 1 2 3 8 2 43.65
5 296 Cleveland St. 0 2 3 3 5 4 42.46
6 302 Robert Morris 1 2 1 3 6 2 41.89
7 304 IU Indy 2 2 0 3 8 1 41.59
8 305 Oakland 1 1 2 2 6 4 41.57
9 326 Detroit Mercy 0 4 1 1 10 1 39.28
10 328 Green Bay 1 2 1 3 7 1 38.91
11 345 Purdue Fort Wayne 0 4 0 0 10 1 34.59
IVY
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 65 Brown 1 1 0 6 2 2 54.70
2 111 Dartmouth 2 0 0 5 2 2 52.05
3 142 Columbia 2 1 0 4 5 2 50.36
4 153 Pennsylvania 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.00
5 159 Cornell 1 2 0 4 4 4 49.71
6 168 Harvard 2 1 0 4 4 2 49.39
7 192 Yale 1 2 0 3 7 0 48.21
8 209 Princeton 0 2 0 1 5 3 47.17
MAAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 97 Fairfield 5 0 2 10 1 2 52.72
2 235 Sacred Heart 6 2 0 7 5 1 46.02
3 236 Siena 2 3 3 5 4 6 45.98
4 240 Quinnipiac 4 0 4 4 3 5 45.81
5 260 Marist 3 0 4 3 5 4 44.75
6 276 Canisius 4 2 1 4 6 1 44.03
7 279 Manhattan 4 3 0 5 4 4 43.90
8 288 Niagara 2 4 1 5 5 1 42.94
9 298 Merrimack 3 4 0 4 7 2 42.08
10 320 Saint Peter's 1 5 1 4 6 3 39.99
11 323 Iona 2 4 2 4 8 3 39.57
12 324 Rider 0 4 3 2 6 5 39.48
13 338 Mount St. Mary's 1 6 1 1 8 1 37.32
MAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 53 Western Mich. 4 1 1 8 3 1 55.28
2 78 Buffalo 5 1 0 9 2 1 53.85
3 112 Bowling Green 2 0 4 7 1 5 51.98
4 133 Miami (OH) 5 1 0 8 4 0 50.82
5 154 Kent St. 3 2 1 5 4 4 49.86
6 203 Eastern Mich. 2 1 3 4 5 3 47.55
7 205 Ball St. 2 3 1 5 5 2 47.45
8 211 Massachusetts 2 3 0 4 5 2 47.16
9 218 Ohio 1 2 3 3 6 4 46.89
10 232 NIU 1 2 2 3 5 3 46.04
11 251 Toledo 0 3 3 3 4 5 45.37
12 256 Akron 0 4 2 3 6 3 45.14
13 311 Central Mich. 0 4 2 0 10 2 40.73
MEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 301 Fairmont St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 41.91
MTNW
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 70 San Diego St. 2 0 2 5 2 4 54.35
2 79 Colorado St. 1 1 1 7 2 2 53.59
3 84 Utah St. 1 1 2 4 5 4 53.54
4 113 Wyoming 1 1 2 4 3 4 51.96
5 120 New Mexico 1 0 2 5 2 3 51.59
6 131 Grand Canyon 2 2 0 7 5 0 50.87
7 145 Colorado Col. 0 1 3 3 4 5 50.26
8 147 Boise St. 2 0 2 4 3 6 50.11
9 156 Air Force 1 2 0 3 5 2 49.84
10 160 Fresno St. 1 1 2 4 3 5 49.67
11 214 UNLV 1 1 2 3 7 3 47.08
12 234 Nevada 1 3 1 2 8 2 46.02
13 237 San Jose St. 0 1 3 1 8 3 45.94
MVC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 137 Drake 3 0 1 6 3 4 50.65
2 179 Belmont 1 1 2 3 3 6 48.86
3 184 Southern Ill. 3 1 0 9 2 2 48.69
4 200 Murray St. 0 1 3 5 4 4 47.70
5 215 Illinois St. 1 0 3 4 4 5 47.04
6 243 Evansville 1 2 1 5 4 2 45.74
7 261 UIC 0 2 2 3 6 3 44.70
8 269 Indiana St. 1 1 2 4 4 5 44.48
9 285 UNI 1 1 2 2 4 3 43.32
10 307 Valparaiso 0 2 2 3 6 3 40.99
NEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 270 FDU 4 0 0 4 4 3 44.48
2 278 Wagner 3 1 1 4 2 5 43.93
3 283 Howard 3 0 1 5 4 2 43.37
4 291 Central Conn. St. 2 0 2 2 4 3 42.74
5 299 LIU 3 0 2 5 2 4 42.06
6 321 Chicago St. 0 2 2 2 5 5 39.69
7 330 Stonehill 1 3 0 1 8 2 38.74
8 333 Mercyhurst 1 3 1 1 10 2 38.26
9 340 Delaware St. 1 3 1 3 6 2 36.62
10 344 Le Moyne 0 2 2 0 9 3 34.60
11 346 Saint Francis 0 4 0 0 9 2 34.17
OVC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 230 Lindenwood 2 2 0 5 4 3 46.23
2 255 Tennessee Tech 2 0 2 2 6 5 45.15
3 262 Eastern Ill. 4 0 0 7 4 2 44.68
4 272 Little Rock 1 0 3 3 3 5 44.30
5 277 Southern Ind. 2 0 2 5 5 3 43.93
6 286 UT Martin 1 2 1 1 6 6 43.22
7 314 Morehead St. 1 3 0 3 10 0 40.44
8 318 SIUE 1 2 1 2 9 2 40.11
9 327 Southeast Mo. St. 1 2 1 1 11 1 39.17
10 347 Western Ill. 0 4 0 0 13 0 31.91
PATR
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 148 Army West Point 2 1 0 8 4 1 50.03
2 172 Boston U. 2 1 1 5 4 3 49.27
3 178 Colgate 2 1 1 5 4 4 48.87
4 189 Loyola Maryland 0 0 3 4 2 6 48.30
5 207 Navy 1 2 1 7 5 1 47.31
6 219 Bucknell 1 0 3 3 5 5 46.86
7 228 Holy Cross 1 1 2 4 5 4 46.30
8 266 Lafayette 0 1 2 3 5 4 44.62
9 273 Lehigh 0 2 1 2 6 3 44.26
SEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 3 Tennessee 5 1 0 11 1 1 64.23
2 8 Arkansas 5 0 1 7 2 3 62.00
3 12 Mississippi St. 4 1 1 9 2 1 61.18
4 18 South Carolina 3 0 3 9 1 4 60.54
5 23 Vanderbilt 3 2 1 9 3 1 59.80
6 35 Georgia 3 1 2 7 3 4 58.15
7 38 LSU 2 2 2 7 5 2 58.06
8 39 Alabama 3 3 0 9 4 1 57.85
9 43 Oklahoma 2 3 1 9 3 2 57.11
10 46 Auburn 1 2 3 4 4 4 56.20
11 54 Kentucky 3 2 1 9 4 1 55.24
12 60 Texas A&M 1 4 1 4 5 4 54.99
13 63 Florida 1 2 3 5 5 3 54.82
14 87 Ole Miss 0 5 1 4 6 1 53.43
15 103 Missouri 1 5 0 4 8 1 52.43
16 123 Texas 1 5 0 3 9 1 51.35
SOCON
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 100 Samford 3 0 2 6 2 5 52.54
2 129 Chattanooga 2 1 2 8 3 3 50.90
3 130 ETSU 3 0 2 8 2 4 50.87
4 138 Furman 2 1 2 7 2 3 50.56
5 140 Western Caro. 3 1 1 7 4 3 50.43
6 229 UNC Greensboro 2 1 2 3 8 2 46.29
7 250 Mercer 1 2 2 5 5 2 45.41
8 300 Wofford 0 3 2 3 7 5 42.02
9 319 The Citadel 1 3 1 4 6 2 40.07
10 342 VMI 0 5 0 1 12 1 36.34
STHLD
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 196 Northwestern St. 2 1 1 6 3 3 48.05
2 199 SFA 2 0 3 4 2 8 47.77
3 242 Lamar University 1 1 3 3 5 4 45.78
4 253 East Texas A&M 1 0 4 4 5 4 45.21
5 258 Houston Christian 1 2 1 6 6 1 44.84
6 275 UIW 2 1 2 4 4 3 44.08
7 289 Southeastern La. 2 1 1 3 5 3 42.92
8 297 UTRGV 2 3 0 3 7 1 42.30
9 313 A&M-Corpus Christi 1 2 2 1 6 4 40.44
10 322 McNeese 1 2 1 2 8 3 39.58
11 336 Nicholls 1 3 0 3 7 1 37.87
SUMMIT
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 74 South Dakota St. 2 0 1 6 1 4 53.99
2 76 Denver 3 1 0 6 4 3 53.91
3 109 Oral Roberts 3 0 0 7 3 1 52.06
4 176 South Dakota 2 1 0 5 3 4 48.88
5 191 Kansas City 0 2 0 4 6 1 48.21
6 197 North Dakota 0 2 2 5 5 3 47.97
7 210 Omaha 2 1 1 5 5 4 47.16
8 282 North Dakota St. 1 3 0 2 9 0 43.58
9 309 St. Thomas (MN) 0 3 0 2 6 1 40.91
SUNBLT
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 45 Old Dominion 3 0 3 7 1 4 56.32
2 59 James Madison 2 1 3 6 3 5 55.00
3 71 Texas St. 4 0 2 6 2 4 54.33
4 82 South Alabama 4 1 1 8 3 1 53.57
5 121 App State 1 2 3 5 5 3 51.48
6 128 ULM 3 0 3 8 2 3 50.91
7 134 Coastal Carolina 0 1 5 3 4 5 50.82
8 162 Marshall 2 2 2 5 4 3 49.66
9 163 Georgia St. 3 2 1 5 5 2 49.64
10 183 Louisiana 2 1 3 5 4 4 48.70
11 206 Ga. Southern 0 3 3 2 8 3 47.42
12 225 Troy 0 3 3 4 5 3 46.55
13 259 Arkansas St. 0 4 2 2 5 4 44.79
14 292 Southern Miss. 1 5 0 2 10 1 42.65
SWAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 152 Miss. Valley St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.00
2 293 Jackson St. 4 0 0 5 5 2 42.61
3 308 Grambling 0 0 1 3 6 2 40.95
4 316 Alcorn 2 1 1 3 5 3 40.21
5 325 Alabama A&M 2 1 0 5 7 0 39.46
6 332 Texas Southern 1 1 0 1 6 3 38.67
7 339 Prairie View 0 1 1 1 7 2 37.13
8 341 Southern U. 1 2 1 2 8 1 36.50
9 349 Alabama St. 0 3 0 0 10 0 28.25
10 350 Ark.-Pine Bluff 0 1 0 0 5 0 26.70
WAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 48 Utah Valley 3 0 0 6 4 1 55.95
2 141 California Baptist 2 1 0 6 6 1 50.40
3 195 Utah Tech 1 1 1 4 4 3 48.10
4 204 Abilene Christian 1 2 1 5 7 1 47.49
5 246 Tarleton St. 1 3 0 6 5 2 45.54
6 280 Southern Utah 1 2 0 2 7 2 43.86
WCC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 30 Saint Mary's (CA) 3 0 1 8 1 2 58.59
2 42 Pepperdine 4 0 0 7 4 1 57.17
3 56 Santa Clara 1 1 2 5 5 2 55.21
4 67 Seattle U 1 2 1 5 2 5 54.55
5 72 Portland 2 1 1 5 3 4 54.07
6 86 San Diego 1 1 2 4 1 6 53.50
7 89 LMU (CA) 2 2 0 5 4 1 53.31
8 117 Gonzaga 3 1 0 4 7 0 51.71
9 119 Washington St. 1 2 1 3 5 4 51.63
10 143 San Francisco 1 2 1 2 6 3 50.32
11 188 Oregon St. 0 4 0 1 7 4 48.49
12 190 Pacific 0 3 1 3 6 3 48.24
INDEP
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 348 South Carolina St. 0 0 0 1 11 0 30.53
CONFERENCES RANKED
CONFERENCE AVE RATING
1 ACC 58.09
2 BIG12 57.79
3 SEC 57.34
4 BIG10 56.16
5 WCC 53.07
6 BIGEAST 51.70
7 BIGWEST 50.71
8 AMER 50.56
9 MTNW 50.37
10 IVY 50.20
11 SUNBLT 50.13
12 A10 49.15
13 CUSA 48.77
14 BIGSKY 48.73
15 WAC 48.56
16 SUMMIT 48.52
17 MAC 48.32
18 CAA 47.54
19 PATR 47.31
20 SOCON 46.54
21 ASUN 46.49
22 MVC 46.22
23 AMEAST 45.39
24 STHLD 43.53
25 MAAC 43.43
26 HORZ 42.76
27 BIGSTH 42.28
28 OVC 41.91
29 MEC 41.91
30 NEC 39.88
31 SWAC 38.05
32 INDEP 30.53
More Details
I've preserved David's original source code (last update: 1990!!) if you'd like to get it and try it out yourself. In my testing, it has good results for football, basketball, soccer, and ice hockey, so I imagine it would be useful for just about any sport. (That was the point, when he created it.)
David's rankings were part of college football's Bowl Championship Series from 1999 to 2001, but the next year the BCS managers decided to remove margin of victory from all of the computers that were part of the formula. David refused to change, and that ended his BCS run. If you grab the code and want to do a "politically correct" calculation that does not consider margin of victory, then just change all the scores to 1-0, or 2-0, whatever. Serves the same purpose.
If you download his code (link above), and use it, let me know. I'd love to hear about it.
I make one adjustment...
...to David's code when using it for soccer. Because his original formula was designed for sports like football and basketball -- where a 3- or 4-point game would actually mean the game was close -- I have adjusted the margin of victory factor he uses. Before adjustment, a team who wins by 6 earns about 0.83 of a win. But with a soccer adjustment, that number is 1.00. A two-goal win, instead of counting for only 0.78, now counts about 0.90.
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